Ob-tūnd’, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. OBTUNDED; p. pr. & vb. n. OBTUNDING.] [Lat. obtundere, obtusum, from prefix ob and tundere, to strike or beat with repeated strokes; It. obtundere, Fr. obtondre.] To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall. Harvey.